Carolina Nevenka Goić Borojević (born 20 December 1972) is a Chilean politician who served as president of the Chilean Christian Democratic Party (PDC) from 2016 to 2017.
Carolina Goić | |
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| President of the Christian Democratic Party | |
| In office 2 April 2016 – 20 November 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Jorge Pizarro |
| Succeeded by | Myriam Verdugo |
| Constituency | Magallanes Region |
| Member of the Senate of Chile | |
| In office 11 March 2014 – 11 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Pedro Muñoz Aburto |
| Succeeded by | Dissolution of the Circumscription |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile | |
| In office 11 March 2006 – 11 March 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Pedro Muñoz Aburto |
| Succeeded by | Juan Morano Cornejo |
| Constituency | Magallanes Region (60th District) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 December 1972 Puerto Natales, Chile |
| Spouse | Christian Kirk Miranda |
| Children | Two |
| Relatives | Alejandro Goic Karmelic |
| Alma mater | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Social worker |
She is a former Senator and former deputy for Magallanes, which includes the communities of Rio Verde, Laguna Blanca, Cape Horn, Porvenir, Primavera, Punta Arenas, San Gregorio, Timaukel and Torres del Paine.[1] She was the PDC's nominee for president of Chile in 2017.
Political career edit
She entered the Catholic University of Chile, where graduated as a social worker. Then she obtained magister degree in economics at the Catholic University of Chile.
She is married to Christian Kirk Miranda, a marine biologist by profession and photographer, and served as director of the National Tourism Service (Sernatur) in the Magallanes and Chilean Antarctic region. She is the mother of two daughters: Catalina and Alejandra.
Carolina Goic was elected president of the Christian Democratic Party in April 2016, following the resignation of Jorge Pizarro.[2]
On 11 March 2017 Carolina Goic was proclaimed by the Christian Democratic Party as presidential candidate in the Chilean general election.[3] On 29 April 2017, the PDC decided not to participate in a New Majority primary, breaking away from the coalition after 28 years.[4] On 11 May 2017 the PDC officially registered her candidacy before the Electoral Service of Chile ("Servel").[5] She obtained 5.88% of the vote, the worst result for a Christian Democrat running for president in a general election in Chilean history, and subsequently resigned as president in November 2017,[6] being replaced by Myriam Verdugo.[7]
Goic is a member of the Inter-American Dialogue.
References edit
- ^ Biografía Diputada Carolina Goic Borojević, Distrito 60 XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena Archived 20 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Cooperativa.cl. "Senadora Carolina Goic asume como presidenta de la DC en reemplazo de Jorge Pizarro". Cooperativa.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-03.
- ^ "Junta Nacional de la DC proclama a Carolina Goic como su candidata presidencial". Emol.com. Retrieved 2017-04-27.
- ^ "Chile's governing coalition splits ahead of November election". Reuters. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- ^ S.A.P, El Mercurio (2017-05-11). "Goic marca distancia con Piñera al inscribir oficialmente su candidatura presidencial por la DC | Emol.com". Emol (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-12-06.
- ^ Cooperativa.cl. "Carolina Goic renunció a la presidencia de la DC". Cooperativa.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-03.
- ^ "Nuestra Historia | #SomosLaDC" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-02-03.
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